Guest guest Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 >I noticed that Iridium utilise 66 low-earth orbiting (LEO) satellites operated >by The Boeing Company. Actually, I just remembered something -- Iridium went out of business, and the entire satellite constellation was deorbited and burned up in the atmosphere. So those aren't causing anyone any problems... :-) Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 > Actually, I just remembered something -- Iridium went out of business, > and the entire satellite constellation was deorbited and burned up in > the atmosphere. I've been corrected by one of my coworkers -- altough Iridium *did* go bankrupt, and possible *some* of the satellites were deorbited, they were bought out by someone else, so the constellation is being used for *something*, although I'm not sure what... Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 The information is on the press release which was on the link I sent out the other day! RE: Iridium > Actually, I just remembered something -- Iridium went out of business, > and the entire satellite constellation was deorbited and burned up in > the atmosphere. I've been corrected by one of my coworkers -- altough Iridium *did* go bankrupt, and possible *some* of the satellites were deorbited, they were bought out by someone else, so the constellation is being used for *something*, although I'm not sure what... Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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